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Hawker Hurricane Mark I

Aircraft & Exhibits, JAN 1940-MAY 1972, London, Hangar Three/Four, 72/A/1404

The Hawker Hurricane Mk I entered service in 1937 as the RAF's first eight-gun monoplane. During the Battle of Britain Hurricanes were more numerous than Spitfires and shot down over 60% of all German aircraft destroyed.

Single engine aircraft with propeller and camouflage pattern, © RAF Museum

No. 32 Squadron Scoreboard

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1940, In Storage, 66/C/90

Traditionally squadrons recorded their performance against enemy aircraft, showing victories, probables and damaged. This scoreboard is from No. 32 Squadron, based at Biggin Hill, a key target for the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain.

Wingtip with handwritten title, names and scores; RAF roundel design in the centre overlaid with a bow, pearls and horn, © RAF Museum

Interrogation of General Galland, famous fighter pilot of the German air force, and the birth, life and death of the German day fighter arm (related by Adolf Galland) 1945

Library, In Storage, 010766

The Battle of Britain from the perspective of Adolf Galland who was Gruppenkommandeur of III Jagdgeschwader 26 at the start of the battle then promoted to Geschwaderkommodore of Jagdgeschwader 26 in August 1940

Tan page with title printed in black and stamped with the RAF Museum stamp. List of names written in red in top corner, Royal Air Force Museum